Subject: Re: GEOS Info Needed
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From: supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)
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Date: 7 Mar 1999 20:43:17 GMT
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Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

>Supertimer writes ...
>> 
>> "Thom Pumphrey" <luxapan@mpinet.net> wrote:
> .... 
>
>> Actually, GEOS is ProDOS compatible, at least in the sense that
>> Catalyst, MouseDesk, and Apple II Desktop are.  GEOS can
>> act as a program launcher for ProDOS programs.  Obviously,
>> for GEOS programs, GEOS acts like the full OS (much like
>> GS/OS on the IIGS and MacOS on the Mac, actually), but it can
>> do everything MouseDesk can do in regards to launching ProDOS
>> programs.
> ....
>
>     Can users copy and delete ProDOS files while in the GEOS desktop?

Yes, absolutely.  They show up as icons stamped with "ProDOS."
One neat thing about GEOS is the ability to expand the root
directory past the 51 file limit on a ProDOS disk.  If you have a
bunch of stuff (for example, several PrintShop graphics disks
converted from 5.25" DOS 3.3 to ProDOS) converted from
DOS 3.3 to ProDOS you may find that things don't fit on the root
directory of the ProDOS disk, especially if it is a 3.5" ProDOS
disk.  Using GEOS, you can copy all the files to the root directory
of a 3.5" ProDOS disk, for example.